good afternoon, everybody, i'm larry beil. >> new developments today related to the boston bombings. a second target. we know both jahar and tammerlan tsarnaev were planning offsetting off more times at times square. >> jahar told investigators he and his brother planned to go to new york to party, and then changed his story, saying they wanted to set off the rest of

the explosives. police say the brothers had everything they needed to continue in manhattan. >> the two brothers had six improvised explosive devices. one was a pressure cooker bomb similar to two that exploded at the marathon. other five were pipe bombs. >> investigators believe their plan to set off explosives went off course when the owner of the vehicle they car jacked managed to escape and call police. the fbi searched a landfill looking for bomb-making materials. >> the parents their mother held a news conference today, they says she regrets moving her family to the us us and maintains her son's innocence claiming evidence is all fabricated. >> the 11-year-old martinez boy returned to the scene of the blast today. according to our media partner,

around hern visited with his family, a friend of the family says he is doing well and back to being a normal 11-year-old boy. he has been released from the hospital and is undergoing treatment. >> bart is taking a look at a emergency response system in light of the boston bombings. >> the board heard on what me swhurz taken after the bombings. >> abc 7 joins us live now. >> larry, bart police chief told the board his department's response was good practice, not just for a terror event but any everything. >> this federal training exercise was just a drill. but it's lighting a real threat to transportation systems. today, the board goat goth a briefing from police chief kenton rainy on what steps were taken after the bombings.

he told them he increased officer presence on the system, making administrative staff put on their uniforms and head out. riders reminded they're the most powerful set of eyes and ears. there are 300 bart police and 400,000 riders. the board asked the chief to look into possible security gaps at station booths and cameras systems. there are a thousand cameras across the system with live pictures from the station and recordings on the train. saying after the bombing attacks he was linked in with the tsa. >> after the conference call, the transportation security administration coordinates with other transit teams throughout the nation. we've talked about offering

assistance to boston talking about what each other is doing. >> the chief says boston will surely have lessons learn frtd bombings, that they'll share with the nation. >> two teenagers crashed into a house in san jose, injuring a mother and child. police say the two teens were racing when one car went out of control, slamming into the house. neighbors say street racing is a serious problem and there have been a number of other accidents. >> they've been doing do nuts in this four intersection area for years. it's a nice, wide street. >> teams are back in custody. the 40-year-old mother remains

in critical condition. her 9-year-old daughter is hospitalized and expected to survive. three other people were hospitalized. >> new at 4:00 two sisters accused after wusing children in a day care center had a first court appearance today therk did not enter a plea. bail set at $347,000 each. the two accused of swaddling baby skpdz toddlers so tightly it impaired their ability to move and breathe. they are charged with four misdemeanor and three felony counts of child abuse and neglect. they're expected back in court next monday. >> authorities in oakland are investigating the city's 31 homicide of the career that happened in on 54th just west of shaddik avenue. police say a 21-year-old woman was shot and killed in what is believed to be a targeted incident. her 4-year-old son was in the back skpeet not hurt. police chief says the boy saw

his mother being murdered. >> for a 4-year-old person to witness that that, is a memory he's going to have in his mind for a very long time, not sure how he's going recover from that. >> the chief gave him a sticker badge, which he founld at the scene. he says other witnesses have given detectives a description of the gunman police and crime stoppers are offering up to $10,000 for information leading to his arrest. >> oakland police and fbi trying to take violence off the city streets. authorities arrested five people after serving 16 warrants around the bay area. the warrants for narcotics and weapons and focused on west oakland's violent acorn gang, three units in the apartment buildings were targeted. officers and agents served 13 warrants in oakland. >> police have arrested a juvenile in connection with

three separate bomb threats. authorities identified the juvenile. police say he confessed to making the threats. investigators are still investigating threats made this week. four at deer valley. >> police on the peninsula looking for a bank robber's disguise fell apart. the robber passed a note demanding money at the bank of america branch yesterday afternoon. he was armed with a handgun. the robber wore a dread lock wig and phony mustache that fell off. police say he may have been spooked by something expels ran out without money. >> happening now postal service is warning people to keep a watch on mail following a rash of threats around the bay area. a recent took place around spartan stadium. this month authorities bust aid male theft ring targeting rez dments 19 cities from contra costa to march yin looking for attractive items.

checks, credit cards. they may be looking for information, medical records, insurance information. anything that might have a date of birth, mother's maiden name. >> thieves aren't just grabbing delivered mail but outgoing mail. the service says people should put drop off letters in secured mailbox autos massive tunneling machine that's will dig san francisco's newest subway line have been delivered. these are the first pees of the tunnel boring machines. they arrived at the bryant street portal this morning. once assembled these 400 ton, 300 foot long machines will be lowered underground and will bore a pair of side by side subway tunnels from south of market into chinatown. >> seeing this on tv, i know that history channel and stuff about the machines but now, it's something to see, live,

you know? >> the boring won't begin until june because it will take that long just to assemble the machines. the project will extend the metro line from the cal train station into chinatown. >> cloud cover back in parts this morning and cooler but warmed up nicely. >> i think the weekend might be looking good. >> that is a smart guess you made. dreary conditions near the coast and around the bay. you can see live doppler 7 much coastal clouds have pulled away. so we've got sunny skies around the bay right now and into our inland locations but we've got low clouds and fog at the coast north of the golden gate. a live view right now from our sutro camera. blue skies just mid and low level clouds drifting there. temperatures now 59 degrees in san francisco. 65 across the bay and oakland. 67 in san jos yai. another

live view from our east bay hills camera. just clouds there as well, lots of blue skies. 68 in livermore, first forecast this evening, we'll see low clouds and fog returning much as the case yesterday evening. overnight, fog creeps inland locally and areas of fog in the morning. by afternoon, sunny skies, milder tomorrow, highs from about 60s at the coast to 80 inland there. is a lot more warmth still to come. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up in a few minute autos thank you. >> still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00 coasts of prom. how much more teens and parents are shelling out for the special evening. >> strong winds. then, after 4:30. >> in menlo park embracing

other forms of therapy for vets in the bay area, coming up. >> good girl. >> very good girl. >> taking a look at traffic it's heavy. and n.both directions, thursday is one of the toughest commute days of the week. on the left cars trying to make their way east on the bay bridge. stay with us. abc 7 ne

years may be without their best player tomorrow night with denver. point guard seth curry says he's not sure if his sprained ankle will be healed enough tomorrow night. curry rolled his left ankle tuesday night. he hit 30 points and 13 assists g news is that it's not his right ankle, he sat out of practice and said if the game was tonight he cannot play. >> prom season is here, so let the spending begin. a survey by visa finds families expect to spend 1100 on prom this year, a slight increase, but almost 40% up from two years ago. families in the northeast expect to pay the most. and found parents will foot about 60% of the bill. visa surveyed a thousand parents of prom-aged teens. >> $1100 for prom?

>> unbelievable. >> insane. >> yes. >> real business news. apple may be having stock trouble but that is not expecting popularity with one industry. >> hi, john. >> yeah. apple appears to be more popular for developers despite talk about the problems, tickets for the upcoming conference told out in record time today took two minutes to sell out the event. took two hours last year. >> european union regulateors seeking feed back on google's proposed search changes. under the deal google offering to label promoted links to content clearly display links to three rival services and separate promoted links from other search results.

feed back and afterwards eu will decide whether to make, accept google settlement. t-mobile has agreed to change ads that promised no annual contracts in a settlement with washington state attorney general. ag says ads were deceptive and made no mention of hidden fees for early termination. the settlement is affected nationwide and allows customers duped by ads to exit without penalties. a positive weekly jobs report sending stocks higher on the day. bloomberg silicon valley index was up. and apple getting ready to mark 10th anniversary of i tunes. 10 year, wow. official birthday is sunday. apple has a time line up on the store. there are challenges ahead. the share of the music market has fallen to 63% amazon

adding stream services. at bloomberg studios carolyn, larry, i'll send it back to you. >> rain stopped a week ago but flood waters slowed in parts of illinois. homes and streets remain flooded just east of chicago. river there chested six feet above flood stage but water remains. heavy rain fell last week. >> wind, not water is the problem in pennsylvania. that was a boat flying through the air. no injuries look out for

flying boats. >> it's hard to believe that this is happening. we've got weather like we're having. >> calm here. it's been a stormy pattern in much of the eastern and central parts of the country in the spring. low folk and clouds. taking a look you can see that is what we have. clouds near the coastline. sunny skies inland and around the bay because coast cleared out around south of the golden gate. we'll see fog and cloud moving inland. sunny skies afternoon tomorrow. milder to. warmer days ahead and into next week. we'll take a look at temperatures for the week ahead. high temperatures climbing from mid to upper 70s. mid-80s in and around san

jose. here is a look at tonight's projected lows. fog pressing inland. lows into upper 40s and low 50s so uniform range of low temperatures. following burning back away from the coastline so. we'll not only have sunny skies inland but most coastal locations as well, highs upper 50s to maybe low 60s. 70s to 80 into mildest locations. 74 in san jose. mid-60s on the peninsula. 65 to low 70s in palo alto on the coast 59 fa pacifica. doult a high of 62 tomorrow, 60 in the sunset. low 70s maybe approaching mid 70s in spots.

inland east bay highs in the upper 70s to 80s. 78 in walnut creek and livermore. here is the accu-weather forecast. watch warming continue and extand pand. and tapering off to mere upper 80s. going to be a nice, summer like week next week. >> sounds terrific. >> thank you. >> up next britain's prince harry getting ready for uncle duties what he's doing to sharpen his baby skills. >> what are the oweds? >> how a lucky lady's glass of champagne turned into a bio hazard. >> another live check of the commute.

traffic on 80 east going towards berkeley. bumper to bumper. a little bit better

according to celebrity news web site dina eastwood checked into a rehab facility.

these are scenes from her reality show mrs. eastwood and company. she's being treated for depression and anxiety not drug as cording to family members on one web site. dina is a former television news anchor and has been married to clint now 17 years. >> the duchess of camebridge and prince william not the only royals preparing for a birth of their first child. >> prince harry getting ready to become an uncle and may find himself on diaper duty. >> the organization helps people with brain injuries he was changing a baby doll's diaper with one hand to demonstrate challenges people with injuries face. >> somehow i think he's going to get out of diaper duty. >> most people try. >> more problems for justin beiber and why robert downey junior shut down hollywood boulevard. >> never say never when it comes to justin beiber.

swedish splees say they found drugs and a stun gun during a raid on the tour bus,. they searched the bus after smelling marijuana. he is now in finland for a show friday night. closer to home, hollywood boulevard shut down as fans came to marvel at the preemer of "iron man 3". >> tony is out of his element throughout the movie. that is what i think makes it a departure and brings it back to a grounded place after "the avengers". >> sam jackson joined others at afi's night at the movie ootz business changed a lot in 31 years, i'm curious as to what people will think of it.

>> cagey bates was there to present "misery" and peter fonda, "easy rider". >> still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00 crossing a red line. evidence chemical weapons were used in the civil war in syria. >> in san jose want to get neighbors involved and keep neighborhoods save by using social media. >> a moment of solidarity and tears and jokes shared

dianne feinstein says it's time for the u.s. to take action with syria now that u.s. intelligence shows the assad regime has used chemical weapons. the obama administration says intelligence officials have a varying amount of confidence syria twice used sarin gas dufring the civil war. the president asserted that syria's use of chem wall cal weapons would cross a red line. john mccain says now is the time to ask. >> now, i hope the

administration will continue c.what we've been recommending now for over two years of the blood letting and massacre and that is to provide a safe area for the opposition to operate. >> mccain wants the u.s. administration to establish a no-fly zone and provide weapons to groups in the resistance that the u.s. can trust. he says he's not advocating routes on the ground. officials say the u.s. is not ready to escalate in syria and more proof is needed. >> new at 4:00 an emotional memorial in waco, texas to honor those who died in the fertilizer plant explosion. >> bells rang out for the first responders and two honorary first responders. the president attend tended today's memorial at baylor university thanking the people of west for their coverage and grace.

>> no words adequately describe the courage that was displayed on that deadly night. >> 14 people died in the april 17th explosion that leveled part of the town. >> a cleaning crew likely caused these enormous explosions aboard two alabama fuel barges accord together u.s. coast guard. a spark triggered by the crew touched off sempb fiery blasts. the explosions burned three workers on the barge. the situation so dangerous crews that had to let huge fires burn out. explosions forced evacuation of workers on the troubled carnival triumph cruise ship which has been parked nearby for repair autos a new anticrime initiative underway

involving getting the public to use social media. >> tools will be going beyond facebook and twitter. we're live to fill us in on this. david? >> i'm proving customer relations is something police have been working on, now, efforts will expand to a neighborhood-based web site to help cut down on crime. >> crime has become a big issue in this city. property crimes such as burglaries are up 30%. >> need to answer the question what is the police department doing to drive crime numbers down? >> police say the solution goes by the name r city. and connection will be a key initiative. >> you can't put a police officer on every corner but

you can put a neighbor on every corner so next door makes it easy for people to be able to report sus spishus activities and prevent it from becoming a crime. >> next door is a web site where people can discuss issues of concern. now, police will be posting to alert them of crime or encouraging them to report crime its going to help us to have any breaking news and offer back to them. it's going to help them to be able to have an alert. >> darrell off spring is the leader and says her neighbors have been watching out for strangers who might be potential burglars. police say that is the communication they want because many residential break ins are done to support drug dependency. >> they're gg to be under the influence of narcotics. unfortunately, that is a trend.

>> next time you encounter a police officer don't be surprised if you might be handed a card listing ways you can engage with police. in san jose, abc 7 news. >> good idea, thank you. there may be relief for travels suffering from long delays at the airport. top democrats throwing their support behind a bill restoring $200 will million in funding to the faa. that nancy pelosi proposes to roll back cuts as a real fix. >> just fooling ourselves. if we think that we're doing any -- american people any favors by not finding a real solution.

>> all three say their departures are mostly on time but lax has seen delays up to several hours. >> security was tight in dallas today for dedication of the george w. bush presidential library. the president was there along with all of the living former presidents. this ceremony ended after an emotional closing speech. >> four years after leaving office former president bush is celebrating the dedication of his presidential lie brairy and museum today amid a crowd of 10,000 at texas amu campus. >> whatever challenges come before us i will believe our nation's best days lie ahead. god bless. >> in a rare moment all five living presidents pushed politic as side to honor the 43 president, including the

44th. >> mr. president for your service, for your courage, for your sense of human skbror for your love of country, thank you very much. from all of the citizens of the united states of america god bless you. god bless these united states. >> before the ceremony in his first exclusive interview, president bush described the $250 million center looking back on his life and career including many difficult times from september 11th to the war in afghanistan and iraq where the museum points out there were no weapons of mass destruction. >> as far as i'm concerned the debate is over. diwhat i did. and historians will judge those decisions. >> in fact the two term president wants museum goers to face the same tough choices he made. laura bush helped design the complex with many statues on display including this one of father and son. >> 20,000 people are invited

to a lighting ceremony with the museum opening to the public on may 1. >> former president clinton weighed in on the president's latest hobby painting and it drew a laugh from mr. bush. >> your mother showed me some of your landscapes and animal paintings. and i thought they were great! really great. and i seriously considered calling you and asking you to do a portrait of me until i saw the results of your sister's hacked e mail. those are wonderful but at my age think i should keep my teeth. >> former president clinton has a library in little rock, arkansas. the office of presidential lie brair yeez runs 14 libraries here nationwide including two

near california. the nixon lie brairy and ronald reagan library in simi valley. we have a slide show for you at abc 7 news.com. >> still ahead at 4:00 it's a gem of a tale. one woman went to diamond worth $5,000 but getting it wasn't that easy. >> i'm spencer christian. looking at wlu skies from our east bay hills camera. blue skies easy to say than sing. more are on the way. i'll have the forecast coming up. >> at 4:38 another live look at the commute. bridge here righthand side of the screen heading towards the peninsula. heavier for folks heading back to hayward on the lefthand side. stay with us.

diamonds may be a girl's best friend but a florida woman got one the hard way. >> all 400 people had a glass of champagne. each had a cubic zirconia inside except for one. >> it contained a diamond and the glass holder could take it home. well, you figured this out. she swallowed her stone. she didn't say a word because the odd sismt was real weren't good but when all other jewels turned out fake she knew she had a problem. >> oh, gosh.

i had to tell them. >> she came back with a diamond in a medical bag. >> a bio hazard bag. >> a doctor found it during a colonoscopey and tests confirmed it's the real deal. >> she's happy to keep the stone now. she's got a story to go with it. she didn't want to be photographed. okay to tell the story as long as we don't see who she is. >> that is embarrassing but all's well that ended well. >> it ended. it ended one way or another. >> a dangerous time to talk to spencer christian. >> sunny skies at this hour. except along the coast from golden gate northward. fog has been stubborn today, this evening baseball as a's take on orioles.

mainly sunny skies, sunset occurs at 5:55 so lots of sunlight left for the first few innings of the game. looking at national weather conditions mostly calm, quiet foremost of the country for 48 states. it doesn't look like anything severe at the back in a moment. sunny skies north to south. high temperatures mid to upper 80s fresno, 95 down in palm springs. 70s in the sierra. here is the in the bay area another foggy start, sunny skies into afternoon, 60s to low 70s around the bay. upper 70s to 80s this is just the beginning of the major warm up.

so that is back to almost summer like condition autos thank you. >> coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00 what we're learning about this new strain of bird flu. >> now, scientists say there are clues at birth that can help determine autism risks. >> is your screen busted on your iphone? you can do it yourself. sit easy or not? we'll show you, you decide. >> i don't want to try that. >> great to see you. coming up here on world news more on that fast moving development tonight what. where the bombers planning for times square? ryan ross is here, other major headlines syria using chemical weapons. and then, your medicine cabinet what a 3-year-old was

able to in just seconds this, is stunning. stay tuned for this coming up at

>> giants officials sate monument to barry bonds will be replaced. that is a wooden plaque marking spot where bonds hit

his 756th owe home run, just an outline left where it used to be. stolen sometime last weekend and hasn't been recovered. giants officials say stuff is stolen from the stadium all the time. they're looking at surveillance tape. >> checking healthy living news scientists in china say they have found strong evidence a strong strain of bird flu came from chickens. saying a sample taken in a human was nearly identical to one taken from a chicken in eastern china. so far it's infected 100 people in china, killing 20 of them. research suggests placenta play mai hold clues did b.a child's risk of autism. scientists discovered examining the placenta at

birth, found they had more abnormal cell growths and folds compared to others. scientists say they can predict almost a 97% likelihood the child can be at risk if the placenta had more than thundershower of the -- four of the fold autos and a raised risk of type two indicta beat ease, the study found healthy weight, exer sitesing and diet soda drinkers were no more likely to develop diabetes than nonstod soeda drinker autos it's your worst nightmare if you have an iphone. cracked screen. >> yes. everyone has seen this. let's lets have a look at

fixing this screen yourself. >> i fix aid lap top. >> do you have video that have? >> now there are online video that's how to fix a broken screen on the iphone then move on. consumer reports found a repair far from simple. when vivienne dropped her iphone, the screen cracked. the cost to replace the phone made her more upset. >> to save she use aid repair service. could she have fixed it for less? consumer reports tester bernie wanted to know how easy or tough oit could be. ordering a kit for $30 and then, watched a 30 minute tutorial video from i cracked.com. he also wanted to see how others would do. >> i recruited people from around the building with cracked iphone screens. from engineers to novice who's

weren't comfortable working with electronic autos this phone was fixed by a phone service some volunteers breezed through the process. >> others regretted the decision. >> there are lots of steps and small parts and small pieces. bernie stayed on the side line. it took most about an hour and a half to replace a cracked screen. before you for technically challenged took longer. >> one screen was defective. >> if you're thinking about replacing the screen realize it can save you money but it will likely cost you time and some aggravation. >> you can buy a warranty but

givent cost and caveats consumer reports thinks neither offer are very good value. better investment might be a case that wraps around the edge of the screen cases like that cost about $20. now, i want to show you surveillance video showing cars being broken into. police do not know how bad guys are doing it but will know after my report airs. mystery solved tonight. >> i want to see that. >> yes. great story. thank you. >> still ahead a welcome center includes help of service dogs. >> skills these animals have and how they're helping to calm veterans. >> coming up at 5:00 allies in sacramento are at odds tonight over our children's future. issue that has democratic leaders bucking the governor and unsportsman like conduct

here is a look at tonight's prime time line up. at 8:00 wife swap, followed by grey's anatomy. >> it's a dog is man's best friend today war veterans have a new welcome center that includes a surveillance dog training area. >> trainers are vet transcover suffering from ptsd. how the dogs helped calm their symptoms. >> robert sfrufrz ptsd but a fem yale named daisy is helping him. >> she relaxes me to the point i can go back out into society z function. >> days yes is a service dog. the bond helps draw vetses out in motion.

>> one of the things that -- depression and things do is that you go inside of yourself. a dog brings you outside of yourself to focus on something else. >> ricky study that had bond part of a master s thesis in graduate school in 2006. and brought it to the va. the training program started here in 2008. the first in the nation. >> john embraced the idea and offered his support. >> we zront a facility to train dogs. >> the 10,000 square foot welcome center opened today at the campus. he was not there but members of his paem were. the center has a spacious training area for dog with their own bath area. it also has a fitness room for

the vets and an art room. >> gives them a gateway into expressing things they haven't beene to. it's been powerful. >> lind skbror daisy will be parting ways. she will go on to serve another vet who is physically limited. >> we pair them up so they can go out in the world and i dropped keys and dogs could help them. >> if he chooses to continue with the program, lindor will be paired with another dog but daisy will always be his girl. >> she encourages me to go out to be a person again. >> what a wonderful partnership. >> yes. absolutely. >> thanks for joining us. >> abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now. >> thank you. the street race that ended in a san jose kitchen critically injuring a mother. outrage over something she the

say should have been stopped a long time ago little leaguers on thehampionship team suspended for very unsportsman like conduct against a teammate. >> live from the roof of the kgo broadcast center, changes coming for the weekend. i'll detail them out coming up. >> they've been doing do nuts in this in this area for years. >> residents who live on a street used as a highway say enough is enough after a car slam nose a house injuring a mother. a terrible tragedy. >> two suspects are in custody. one driver goes to lee high school, the other to leeland high. vick slee at the scene and joins us live. neighbors say they're sick of

the dangerous driving and are worried someone is going to get killed. >> you're right. if you ask neighbors here they will tell you just how fed u they are with this speeding and racing that goes on after school into the afternoon. not only talking about students but adults as well. >> felony reckless driving with major injury is the only offense we have so far. >> the accident happened yesterday afternoon. police say the pair of bmws were speeding and say the driver apparently lost control, smashing into the silver bmw. that car careened into the house crushing a 40-year-old woman. she was rushed to the hospital. her 9-year-old was buried in the rubble but suffered only cuts and bruises.